scholarly journals Repositioning SOZECOM, Nigeria for Navigating the Digital Economy

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 101-107
Author(s):  
Muhammad Lawal Maidoki
Keyword(s):  
Digital Economy ◽  
Institutional Capacity ◽  
Rural People ◽  
Extreme Poverty ◽  
Vast Amount ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Major Constraint ◽  
Collaborative Efforts ◽  
North Western

Sokoto State Zakat and Waqf (Endowment) Commission aims to eradicate extreme poverty among the poor, vulnerable and mostly rural people inhabiting Sokoto state in North-western Nigeria. To achieve this aim, SOZECOM is currently restructuring its zakat, waqf and general administration processes. Part of the restructuring is the need to utilize the extensive network of paid and volunteer personnel, vast amount of data and several collaborative efforts with other institutions inorder to explore the potentials of digital finance in the administration of zakat and waqf. A major constraint toward the realization of this aim is limited digital capability. As a first imperative the need to develop SOZECOM’s institutional capacity through the strengthening of its digital capabilities was identified. This paper outlines the framework for building the capabilities needed to successfully navigate the digital economy and align its operations toward such realization

scholarly journals Repositioning SOZECOM, Nigeria for Navigating the Digital Economy

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Lawal Maidoki
Keyword(s):  
Digital Economy ◽  
Institutional Capacity ◽  
Rural People ◽  
Extreme Poverty ◽  
Vast Amount ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Major Constraint ◽  
Vulnerable People ◽  
Collaborative Efforts

Sokoto State Zakat and Waqf (Endowment) Commission aims to eradicate extreme poverty among the poor and vulnerable people, mostly rural people inhabiting Sokoto state in Northwestern Nigeria. To achieve this aim, SOZECOM is currently restructuring its zakat, waqf and general administration processes. Part of the restructuring is the need to utilize the extensive network of paid and volunteer personnel, vast amount of data and several collaborative efforts with other institutions inorder to explore the potentials of digital finance in the administration of zakat and waqf. A major constraint toward the realization of aim is the limited digital capability of SOZECOM .As a first imperative the need to develop SOZECOM’s institutional capacity through the strengthening of its digital capabilities was identified. This paper outlines the framework for itbuilding the capabilities needed to successfully navigate the digital economy and align its operations toward such realization

scholarly journals A Knowledge Based Farm Protection System to Manage Crop Vandalization

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (VI) ◽  
pp. 2851-2853
Author(s):  
Mohini S. Lohakare
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Crop Protection ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Security Systems ◽  
Rural People ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Human Wildlife Conflict

Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC) has direct & indirect negative effects, as crop loss, and livestock loss in India. For crop protection many technical security systems are available thaw they are technologically feasible are not viable financially for the poor land holders working for crop production. Fault removal or maintenance of available techniques are The issues as barrier for the rural people .The proposed work is aimed to reduce the crop vandalization using less complex and cheaper protection system. Solar photovoltaic energy source supported Arduino base circuit is used in this system there for useful for off grid locations too.

Can democracy work for the poor?

Science ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 369 (6508) ◽  
pp. 1188-1192
Author(s):  
Rohini Pande
Keyword(s):  
Vulnerable Populations ◽  
Democratic Institutions ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Extreme Poverty ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
Redistributive Policies ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Catch 22

Millions of the world’s poorest people now live in middle-income democracies that, in theory, could use their resources to end extreme poverty. However, citizens in those countries have not succeeded in using the vote to ensure adequate progressive redistribution. Interventions aiming to provide the economically vulnerable with needed resources must go beyond assisting them directly, they must also improve democratic institutions so that vulnerable populations themselves can push their representatives to implement redistributive policies. Here, I review the literature on such interventions and then consider the “democracy catch-22”: How can the poor secure greater democratic influence when the existing democratic playing field is tilted against them?

scholarly journals Źródła zaspokojenia bieżących potrzeb gospodarstw domowych o niskich dochodach

2016 ◽  
pp. 145-159
Author(s):  
Paweł Ulman
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Average Data ◽  
Extreme Poverty ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Subsistence Minimum ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Low Incomes

The problem of low income households in Poland is quite common. As it was shown by Polish CSO extreme poverty (subsistence minimum) affects more than 7 percent of people in Poland, and at the level of the statutory criterion of poverty, nearly 13 percent (average data from the 2013). The interesting research problem is to identify the sources of widely understood income (cash and in kind) and their importance to meet the current needs of households with low incomes in connection with a wide range of extreme poverty arising from low income of households. The aim of the work is to present the results of statisti-cal analysis of the level of income from various sources affecting the ability to satisfy the current needs of the poor households. So it is going to be shown how these households cope with basic needs. The statistical analysis are made on the basis of data published by the CSO and the data from the study “Social Diagnosis”.

scholarly journals Analisis Strategi Pemerkasaan Asnaf Fakir dan Miskin Berdasarkan Hadis Lelaki Ansar

2019 ◽  
pp. 446-462
Author(s):  
Hussein ‘Azeemi Abdullah Thaidi ◽  
Muhamad Firdaus Ab Rahman ◽  
Azman Ab Rahman
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Technical Support ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Screening Process ◽  
Extreme Poverty ◽  
Muslim Countries ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Education And Awareness ◽  
Deductive Research

Islam emphasizes on the empowerment of the poor and needy. This empowerment initiative can be seen since the time of the Prophet SAW where effective management and the growth of waqf, zakah and charity were optimised. This peak of excellence can be witnessed in the reign of ʿUmar bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz where the initiative of strengthening the impoverished population was so effective in a way that it was difficult to find the poor who were eligible for zakat. This achievement is different from the reality of Muslims nowadays. Survey from the United Nations indicates that a large number of Muslim countries are classified as 'poverty' or 'extreme poverty'. Therefore, this study aims to study the method used by the Prophet to address the poverty problem. The Hadith of impoverished man from Anṣār narrated by Anas bin Mālik was chosen because it was believed to contain comprehensive strategies for empowering the poor. Inductive and deductive research techniques are used consistently. The results show that there are at least seven empowerment strategies that can be extracted from this hadith. It includes satisfying basic needs, outreach and accessibility, screening process, financial intermediary, cash liquidity, technical support as well as education and awareness. These strategies have the potential to be implemented by agencies involved in empowering the poor in order to initiate greater social impacts. Abstrak Islam amat menekankan soal pemerkasaan populasi fakir dan miskin. Usaha pemerkasaan ini dapat dilihat sejak dari zaman Nabi SAW di mana pengurusan berkesan dan pemesatan harta wakaf, zakat dan sedekah berlaku dengan optimum. Kemuncak kecemerlangan ini dapat dilihat pada era pemerintahan ʿUmar bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz di mana inisiatif pemerkasaan populasi miskin dilakukan dengan begitu efektif hinggakan amat sukar untuk menjumpakan golongan asnaf atau miskin yang layak menerima zakat. Pencapaian tersebut berbeza dengan realiti umat Islam hari ini. Dapatan kajian dari Pertubuhan Bangsa Bangsa Bersatu mendapati sejumlah besar negara-negara Islam dikelaskan sebagai berpopulasi ‘miskin’ atau ‘miskin tegar’. Justeru, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji metode yang digunakan oleh Nabi SAW dalam manyantuni golongan miskin. Hadis lelaki miskin Anṣār yang diriwayatkan oleh Anas bin Mālik telah dipilih kerana dipercayai mengandungi strategi yang komprehensif untuk memperkasakan golongan miskin. Kaedah penyelidikan secara induktif dan deduktif digunakan secara konsisten. Hasil kajian menunjukkan terdapat sekurang-kurangnya tujuh strategi pemerkasaan yang dapat diekstrak dari hadis ini. Ia merangkumi penyelesaian keperluan asas, capaian dan akses mudah, proses tapisan kemampuan, perantara kewangan, kecairan tunai, sokongan teknikal serta pendidikan dan kesedaran. Strategi-strategi ini amat berpotensi untuk dilaksanakan oleh agensi yang terlibat dengan pemerkasaan populasi miskin agar inisiatif yang dijalankan mampu memberi impak sosial yang lebih berkesan.     

Challenges of the Digital Economy

2010 ◽  
pp. 303-320
Author(s):  
Stephen M. Mutula
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Network Infrastructure ◽  
Ict Skills ◽  
Payment Methods ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Security And Reliability ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Ongoing Support

There are various challenges faced by SMEs in their endeavour to make more active use of the Internet and e-business. These challenges vary widely across different sectors of the economy as well as from country to country. The most commonly cited problems relate to being unable to apply the Internet to business; preferences for established business models; lack of an enabling environment (lack of ICT skills, poor network infrastructure); high costs associated with ICT equipment, networks, software, ongoing support, etc; and security and trust issues (the poor security and reliability of e-commerce systems, uncertainty of payment methods, etc) [OECD, 2004].

Hard Luck Stories: The Problem of the Uninsured in a Laissez-Faire Society

1982 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Sugden
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Market System ◽  
Extreme Poverty ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Income Maintenance ◽  
Laissez Faire

AbstractLiberal economists argue that in general the market system promotes social welfare; but they usually accept that governments should relieve extreme poverty, even where this arises out of individuals' failure to insure themselves. A particularly common argument is that income maintenance is justified because more fortunate people feel compassion or obligation towards the poor. But this position is inconsistent. Given the assumptions necessary to support the claim that markets promote social welfare, there is no reason for anyone to suppose that the uninsured, however poor, are in special need; and so neither compassion nor obligation can arise.

Sheep and Swine in the Husbandry of Prehistoric Europe

Antiquity ◽  
1947 ◽  
Vol 21 (83) ◽  
pp. 122-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grahame Clark
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
European Continent ◽  
Classic Work ◽  
Amount Of Information ◽  
Vast Amount ◽  
The People ◽  
Swiss Lake ◽  
North Western

Since the classic work of Rütimeyer (1) and others on the fauna of the Swiss lake villages was first undertaken nearly a century ago, a vast amount of information has been assembled about the livestock of the prehistoric farmers of north-western and central Europe. Interest at first centred on distinguishing breeds of the various species in the hope of defining the routes by which farming spread from its early homelands into the European continent. In recent years more attention has been paid to the light which can be thrown on the economy of prehistoric communities through a study of their livestock : among the chief points which it has been sought to establish are the age at which various species were normally slaughtered, the relative proportions of wild and domestic forms and the proportions in which the different species of livestock were maintained by the people under investigation.

Rumen degradation of the main forage species harvested from permanent mountain meadows in North-western Spain

1991 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Lopez ◽  
M. D. Carro ◽  
J. S. Gonzalez ◽  
F. J. Ovejero
Keyword(s):  
Crude Protein ◽  
Nutritive Value ◽  
Rumen Degradation ◽  
Major Constraint ◽  
Degradation Rates ◽  
Forage Species ◽  
Mountain Meadows ◽  
Lag Times ◽  
Western Spain ◽  
North Western

SUMMARYHerbage samples were collected in late June, and again in early September (1987) from permanent mountain meadows situated in North-western Spain (León). Botanical composition was determined by grouping the species into grasses, legumes and herbaceous ‘weeds’. Rumen degradability of the dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP) and neutral detergent fibre (NDF) of the botanical groups in each harvest season was determined by the nylon-bag technique.Grasses and legumes differed in their degradation characteristics, and the comparisons between forage species were different for the two harvest seasons. There were no significant differences between September grasses, June legumes and September legumes in the potential degradabilities of the DM (86·9, 87·1 and 88·4%) and CP (94·2, 92·4 and 93·8%). The NDF of grasses harvested in September was degraded to a greater extent (80·6%) than that of legumes from both harvests (70·9 and 73·6% in June and September respectively). However, June grasses showed significantly lower potential degradabilities for the DM (77·0 %), CP (84·3%) and cell wall (65·9%). Legumes were degraded at a faster rate than grasses (mean DM degradation rates of 0·143 and 0·057 respectively), and lag times were longer for grasses (4·7 h) than for legumes (2·5 h). Rumen degradation characteristics of the herbaceous ‘weeds’ were estimated, but it should be remembered that many other factors may limit their utilization by ruminants.It was concluded that the major constraint to the nutritive value of these permanent swards would be the maturity of the grasses harvested in June, which markedly reduced the rumen degradability of the forages.

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